30th & 31rst Dec.

On 30th
Completed morning program.Visited chamber from 12.30 to 5pm.Attended to Arbitration matters. Collected reports from Escorts hospital. Retired to sleep at midnight.
On 31rst
Completed morning program. In an article, published in the Times of India today,Chetan Bhagat has given a good analysis of the reasons for failure of Anna to draw big crowd during his last three day fast which was withdrawn on the second day.I hope that Anna Core Committee will take note of it.Watched TV shows on the eve of the New Year.Liked the summary of 2011 events, broadcast by DD News.Z tv coverage was was better.Retired to sleep after midnight.

28th & 29th December

On 28th:
Completed morning program with some exercises. Venita had dental problem. Visited dentist in Safdarjung hospital. Collected medicines from CGHS. After taking medicines Venita feels better. Retired to sleep at 11.30 pm.


On 29th:
Completed morning program after a long gap of about a fortnight. Neha and Babua came. Spent the day with them. Molay's book release was scheduled for today in the India International center. Could not go due to the visit of Neha and Babua. Retired to sleep at 10.30pm. 

Visit to Chennai, Puducherry, Auroville, Hyderabad and Mallikarjun

On 16th:

We left Palam airport 1130 hours by Air India to Chennai. The plane was about 45 minutes late. Raj informed that he could not go to meet the Deputy Commissioner South West in connection with Gurkamal case due to his preoccupation in the hearing of another case in the Saket court. Sh. Digvijay Singh, Advocate, who was to accompany Sh.Raj Kamal had to go back to Fatehpur. Landed at Chennai at about 1415 hours. After checking in Police guest house I met Joint Director CBI, Sh.Ashok Kumar. Later called on Sh.Ramani and his family. Sh. Ramani is an old colleague of mine when I was the Joint Director South West/CBI and used to come to Chennai at least twice in a year for inspection. The accommodation in the Police guest house was good and comfortable. Retired to sleep at 2300 hours.

On 17th:

Visited Parthashastri and Kapaleshar temples in Chennai. The visit took 2-3 hours. It was the first day of Margazli month which follows Karthik month according to the local calender. It was a very auspicious day and both the temples were crowded. We were advised to visit them after 9 am only.Curiously both Shiva and Parvati as also Vishnu and Laxmi have separate temples. In the North you find them mostly together. After the temple visit we left for Mahabalipuram on way to Puducherry. The distance to Puducherry from Chennai is 135 kms. We had lunch in 'Bay Treasure' hotel in Mahabalipuram after a cup of coffee in Cafe Coffee day. There is a well stocked Emporium nearby. We selected a carpet which we decided to take on way back. In Mahabalipuram there are two temples side by side, one dedicated to Shiva and another to Vishnu. These temples are maintained by Archaeology Department of Govt of India and there is no formal worshiping. The area around the temples is very well maintained with neatly kept gardens. When we visited Mahabalipuram in 1983, it was all sand around the temples. Now the temples are protected from the sea waves by massive stone embankment. Arrived Puducherry Police guest house at 2030 hours and retired to sleep at about 2300 hours.

On 18th:

Visited Ganesh temple near the guest house, Arbindo, Mother Samadhi and Aeroville. Aeroville is  mini-Europe. The  nationals of about 45 countries live here.It is an experiment in human unity.No liquor,no drugs.It is spread over 20 square kilometers. It has a population of over 2300 and increasing very slowly.It is situated in forested area where , i was informed, you see peacocks in good number. I saw a few. No other animals.The trees are all planted by its denizens. The Mother,Mirra Alfassa, a French, Chief disciple  and Companion of Sri Aurobindo was the moving force behind the creation of Aeroville after his death  in 1950. She died in 1973. It is said that to be an Aerovillian,one must never lie.

Spent sometime in Villupur beach near Aeroville. Sea waves were going up quite high and touching our feet on the beach. Had a long walk along with Venita on the lively beach and coffee. Watched massive waves hitting the beach. Dinner at the roof top restaurant of Ajantha hotel on Puducherry beach. It was quite satisfying, though we were occasionally disturbed by the turbulent sea below. The waves have been hitting the beach since times immemorial. One day we will go, but life will keep on going and waves continue hitting the beach. Retired to sleep at 2300 hours.

On 19th:

Left for Shani temple at Thirunall, Karkaikal district. Also visited Chidambaram (Nataraj Temple). Had dinner in Hidesign Promenade hotel on Puducherry beach. The sea was less turbulent today. Slept at midnight.

On 20th:

Visited Ganesh temple on way to Aeroville and prayed for the happiness and long life of Pilku who was born today.
 Madhav rang up. Reserved places for meditation in Matri Mandir on 21st December. Went to solar kitchen. Had lunch. Everything is cooked with solar energy. Checked in Swagatham guest house. Joined in Om chanting in Savithri Sadan. It was an unique experience. There were more Europeans than Indians in chanting, conducted by a German. Quite refreshing. After dinner visited a theater, which staged the story of love &  marriage of Arjun and Chitrangada. Retired to sleep 2230 hours.

On 21st :

Visited Matri Mandir and practiced meditation. It is 29.5 meter in height with a sphere of 36 meter diameter.It is a massive structure. French architects designed it. It is beautiful .All around are manicured lawns and gardens. There is a multi- rooted banyan tree.It is an old tree. It is said that it survived because of a lady who lived under it and did not allow it to be cut for fuel by the nearby villagers. In the afternoon joined in a Tai-chi session. Retired to sleep at 223o hours.

On 22nd:

Visited Tibetan pavilion. It accommodates visitors to Aeroville. There is a prayer room where the deity is Dalai Lama, who is considered to be the incarnation of the Buddha. Venita liked the painting depicting Krishna, done in Tanjore style for Rs.5000/-. As there was no arrangement to take the payment by Credit card , I requested to dispatch it by VPP. Checked out from Swagatham guest house at 1000 hours. Called on Sh.Sharma, IGP, Puducherry. Retired to sleep at 2330 hours.

On 23rd:

Left Puducherry at 0900 hours. Before that I went for early morning walk and took a few snaps of rising sun. On way to Chennai, we visited Ganesh temple. The temple elephant which was sick on our visit earlier had recovered. Took some snaps of Venita with it. You give it a coin and it blesses you with its trunk on your head. It won't bless you unless you place a coin in its trunk. After receipt of the coin it gives it to its handler. Both the elephant and its handler looked well fed and healthy. Arrived CBI guest house at Chennai by road at about 1300 hours. While going to Puducherry from Chennai we had traveled by East Coast Road(ECR). It is 135 kms by ECR. On way back we traveled by 4 lane National Highway. The distance is 125 kms. I liked travelling by National Highway. While travelling by ECR which is a two lane road I always felt there could be a head-on collision anytime. While we paid Rs.3300/- for journey through ECR, a sum of Rs.2600/- was paid by journey through National Highway. They charge for both way journey at the rate of Rs.8, per km. Missed the emporium on E.C.R and could not buy the carpet , selected by us, as we traveled by the National Highway.  We reached CBI guest house Chennai at about 1330 hours. Our GoindiGo flight to Hyderabad was delayed by a couple of hours. We spent 2 hours in Hilton Hotel on way to airport and had lunch too. Arrived Police guest house Hyderabad at about 2100 hours. Retired to sleep at 2300 hours.

On 24th:

Left Hyderabad at 0800 hours. Took packed breakfast, Puri and Vadas. We had it midway from Hyderabad to Mallikarjun at about 1000 hours. On way we also passed through a tiger reserve. You could have a safari if you like. Had lunch at Sahashra hotel. It was tasteless. Mallikarjun is situated at a distance of 225 kms from Hyderabad.The guide informed us that the helicopter of Late Raj Shekhar Reddy, the then Chief Minister of Andra Pradesh, crashed in the Kraunch Mountain in the area. Went for boating in Krishna river dam. Did abhishek of Mallikarjun.It is a gorgeous temple. It evokes awe with its gold plated canopy and Gaj Stambh.
 Pilku informed that his two week old doggy, Bela died in the veterinary hospital on 23rd, where it had been admitted on 21st December. The children cried. The insurance company paid a big sum to the hospital for its treatment. We were warned not to mention about the death to the children, when we talked to them. They were still disturbed and had not been able to reconcile to its death. Retired to sleep at 2030 hours.

On 25th:

We attended Aarti at Mallikarjun 0500 hours. And then visited Sakshi Ganesh temple on way back after breakfast. The rent for night stay at Mallikarjun Devasthan guest house was Rs.800/-. The taxi charged Rs.6400/- for 2 days. It had been arranged by CBI Hyderabad. The roads of Hyderabad were crowded due to Christmas.We drove through Banjara and Jubilee hill roads. Visited GVK mall. In one restaurant we could get a cup of tea. Others were selling coffee but no tea. Due to sea of crowd it was difficult to move about in the mall through its 3 floors. It was beautifully decked with Christmas tree, balloons etc. Retired to sleep 2245 hours.

On 26th:

The Joint Director Sh. Laxmi Narayana called on. He said that he was educated at Srisalam, where Mallikarjun temple is located. His father was posted in Krishna Power project. He lived there for 20 years. His demeanor showed the impact of the place. He was soft spoken, well informed and a decent person. Visited Pramod. Pramod and his wife Anita are staying with their son, Vikram at Miapur. In fact we stayed back at Hyderabad today so that we could meet them. Otherwise we had nothing much to do on the day. We spent for over 8 hours with them and had delicious lunch,cooked by Anita.Her maid had not come. Anita is the elder sister of Venita. Both of them, shopaholics, visited nearby market where they spent over a couple of hours buying handicrafts.Anita has kept the house very well decked, neat and clean.Had a chat with Aryan too.Retired to sleep at 2300 hours.

On 27th:

Left Hyderabad by GoindiGo flight at 1300 hours. Reached Delhi at 1410 hours.

15th Dec.

Completed morning program. Visited Max hospital for PP test. Collected blood reports. On return from winter holidays, i will undergo Thallium test. There is nothing significant in reports.In chamber from1.30 to 4.30 pm. Discussed Gurkamal case with Advocates Rajkamal & Digvijaysingh. Briefed Advocate Gaurang Vardhan about Arbitration case. Met Neha ,Babloo and Babua at DLTA. Babloo brought coffee. Babua was tired. It was about 5 pm. He is brought here straight from school where he went at 8 am. In school he has hectic schedule. He did not get to play to recreate. Neha took him quickly to Gurgaon for bath, food, play and sleep. Packed up for journey tomorrow early morning.

Retired to sleep at about midnight.

14th December

Completed morning program. Had to cut it down due to scheduled tests in Max hospital in the morning. Owing to a particular medicine which I should not have taken as advised by the doctor of the Nuclear medicine department, the gated stress thallium test could not be done. Similarly PP could not be done as I took some tea/coffee in the 2 hours after breakfast. Now I will have to come again for these tests. As I am going out on 16th, the earliest I can go for the Thallium test will be after 28th. PP could however be done tomorrow as I am coming to the chamber.

I read a write-up in the center page of the Indian Express today about Euro crisis. It is said by the author that David Cameroon, British prime Minister has been criticized by all heads of the states of European union for his veto of an Euro bolstering treaty change to defend the Euro through greater fiscal cooperation and tougher sanctions on nations going Greek. He is alleged to have an euro sceptic attitude It is mentioned that the British suspect the continent which they think are lands of constitutions, Napoleonic legal codes, defeated armies, imperfect freedom, rabies, wife swapping and garlic. They mistrust what lies beyond the channel. The mistrust is said to be fathomless. There are others who think that the British could have gone with the process without adopting the Euro. They should not forget that their economy is heavily dependent on the Euro zone. They also have to keep in view that the mid Atlantic, as America pivots to Asia, could prove a lonely place for Britain. The author refers to the wisdom of Warren Buffet, "It is only when the tide goes out that you learn who has been swimming naked. But I think that the British Prime Minister has done the right thing. The British Economy is solid and the recession in the World economy has not affected it much. Moreover the British ethos is superior. There is something in British culture which is enduring and worth emulating. An English friend wrote me that he was to suggest to Police leadership to go aggressively against the rioters in the context of last riots in London. I replied that British Police should continue d"to handle the riots as they have been handling so far. If you change your way to how the other European countries handle riots, you will loose your sheen and your individuality which has earned you kudos all over the world." My friend is a retired Assistant chief Constable of British Police. Let us not forget that the image of British Bobby is different from the image of the Police men of other European countries. He has not replied to my letter so far. Perhaps he has changed his opinion after reading my letter.

In chamber from 2.30 to4.15 pm. Venita returned after hair-cut and shopping at about 4.15 pm. Spoke to Digvijay Singh. He is reaching Delhi tomorrow. We have associated him in a case along with Shri Rajkamal.

Retired to sleep at11 pm.

13th Dec.

Completed morning program. Visited Escorts hospital for USG KUB ,KVR and URFlOW tests. These relate to health of the prostrate. Though i have no such problem, but i undergo this ritual once a year to be sure that there is no such problem. I will get the reports tomorrow. Visited CGHS. At SBI met the new AGM. Previous AGM is posted in South Africa. Transferred Rs 2 lacs from Citibank to sbi and took two FDRS of one lac each.Less interest was being given by Citibank. Nominees will remain the same .Met MD Asthana in CGHS. He said that he had Angioplasty 12 years back. Now he is getting admitted in AIMS for a complete check up. Necessary arrangements are being made Dr. Yadav. a Dean in AIMS. MD has not changed much. He was with us in IPS. Later he joined IAS. Now he is settled in Gurgaon. In chamber from 1.45 to3.15 pm. On way back visited Hanuman temple in Chanakyapuri, it being a tuesday.

Retired to sleep at about 9.45pm.

12th December

Completed morning program. Venita accompanied. She desired to congratulate Anjali for the birth of son. Neha also joined her at DLTA, where Babloo's office is located. Both of them met Anjali, her in-laws and Shanno at Max hospital, Noida . They also met Gita who lives nearby.Before going to Anjali's place, Venita bought a gift from the shop of Dutta & sons in Safdarjung enclave. In chamber from 12.45 to 4.30 pm.On way back dropped Neha at DLTA and saw her off to Gurgaon. Had a cup of coffee in DLTA Cafeteria along with Venita. Silku suggested us to shift to Gurgaon. We will think over it. Atiar spoke.

Retired to sleep at 10 pm

11th Dec.

Completed morning program. In the meeting of the executive committee of the Society, i was given the responsibility of overseeing appeal to the D.B. of the High Court in the matter of the arbitration case of the society. I objected. They insisted. Silku, Ritsy,Khyati & Alaynah came at about 2 pm. Alaynah had all my attention till she left. I am attracted towards her. She is attracted towards me. I remember her quite often. After 5 , she will drift away and have her own world . We bless her. She is more like her mother. Alaynah means brilliance. Let her shine like the Sun and give life to many including us. Ruchi rang us. We saw her, Pilku and children in the Skype. They could not see us. I asked some questions to the children. They could answer some. The questions test their presence of mind. Before i could tell them 'the news' of the day, i lost internet connection. Vikas & Bitto spoke.

Retired to sleep at 11 pm.

9th & 10th Dec.

On 9th

Completed morning program. Visited CGHS. In chamber from 12.30 to pm. Attended batch lunch in CSOI. Met Bezbaruah,Fabian,OC Sharma,Sidhu,Bedi,Sahgal,Karnail and others,all batch mates.Amrish & Anand came.Talked to IGP Puducherry, AP Singh & Atiar. Heard a discussion in Times Now till midnight.

Retired to sleep at 001500 hrs of 10th

On 10th

Completed morning program. In chamber from 12 to 4.30 pm. Booked tickets to Chennai on way to Puducherry and back to Delhi via Hyderabad. We start our journey on 16th and return on 27th or 28th Dec. Met KTS and told him about the book of Fabian.Lunar eclipse started at about 6.30 pm and ended around 11 pm. Ruchi talked to us.

Retired to sleep at 11.45 pm.

8th Dec.

Could go for walk only. We had appointment with Dr. A.K.Agarwall, Head of the Medicine Department, RML Hospital at 10.30 am. Venita has been under his treatment for the last about 3 years. In 2009 she suffered from diabetic diarrhea and was hospitalized. In 2010 she suffered from pneumonia and was hospitalized. Dr. Agarwall treated her. Today he said that he wanted to quit in a few months as he felt tired. Collected medicines from CGHS. After leaving me in the chamber,she went to Dilli hatt. Mr. SS Sharma came We had two cups of Darjiling Pecko tea, brought by him. He keeps variety of tea from Sikkim & Darjiling. He has tea from different tea gardens of Darjiling. The Lopchu tea of Darjiling is the best It is quite refreshing. We talked about happenings of our service carriers.Anjali gave birth to a son today after a Cesarean operation. Shanno informed.I in turn informed Venita & Bitti through Munna I also congratulated Anjali's mother-in - law. Could not talk to Ankur and his father. Anand also talked to me from the hospital. Informed children by email to congratulate their Bua.

Retired to sleep at 10.30pm.

7th Dec.

Completed morning program. In chamber from 12.30 to 3.30pm. Planned Puducherry trip during winter holidays from 17th Dec.to 1Jan.2012. Airfares have gone up quite high. Discussed Arbitration case with Advocate Gaurang. Venita went to a nearby place in Paschim Vihar to hear discourse on Shrimad Bhagvat.

Retired to sleep at 10 pm.

5th and 6th December

On 5th:

Completed morning program. Dev Anand's death reminds me of a couple of hours I spent with him on air from Delhi to Mumbai. We were seated side by side, he on window and me on aisle side. He invited me to his place. But I could not go due to my preoccupation in Mumbai. Nusli Wadia was also travelling in the same plane. He recognized me as we met in CBI office Mumbai in connection with investigation of a case. Dev Anand impressed me a lot, he was full of life even at the age of 85/86. He died at 88. I got vibrations of a person who was living a full life, no regrets, no commitments, no desires and a keenness to go on in life as it came and never miss any moment of it. I pray to God for peace to the departed soul.

Visited CGHS. In chamber 12.15 to 3pm. Handed over arbitration file to Advocate Gaurang. Attended a conference in Belveder club of Oberoi hotel with Madhav on a very short notice. He was leaving for the airport on way to Kuala Lumpur. Atiar could not join in in the conference. Visited Gymkhana club. Met Mr.Pandey, who deals with membership. The Gymkhana management has decided to consider membership of Govt. servants even after their retirement of 10 years. This rule will be applicable prospectively and my case will not be covered. I got the call to join the Gymkhana club in 1998, whereas I had retired in 1997. Sapra, Gaurang and Neha called. retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 6th :

Completed morning program. It being a holiday due to Moharram, slept from 11.15am to 2.30pm after breakfast. Venita was preoccupied in organizing Gita Jayanti celebration. She said that the Nepali Acharya of the priest of the society temple would speak on the day on the Gita. She further said that his knowledge was average. He had been called by the temple priest. Venita's spiritual knowledge is of high level. Quite a few residents of the society as also Venita read the Gita. Visited the new mall near the District Center Janakpuri and had a cup of coffee in Cafe Coffee day. It is a magnificent building. Lot of floor space is lying vacant for new shops. The ground floor had astrologers, palmists and a Guru to give diksha. There were lot of people consulting astrologers, palmists and Guruji. I was amused to see it. Lot of people stbelieve in astrology and palmistry. They also want Guru diksha, so that they will have some one to take care of their welfare. They should, rather, take care of themselves. The toilets are not well kept in the building.

Retired to sleep at 11pm.

2nd to 4th December

On 2nd :

Completed morning program. Visited SBI Vikaspuri and CGHS. In chmaber 1.20-5 pm. Had a cup of tea with Sh.SS Sharma. A photograph with the other advocates of the chamber and KTS for inclusion in the New Year card for 2012. Advocated Digvijay and Atiar rang up. Retired to sleep 9.30pm.

On 3rd:

Completed morning program. Today being a holiday, had coffee at Barista. Venita continued to suffer from cold. She is taking antibiotics. She could not attend a get together in the house of Sh.SK Dutta. Ex-Director, CBI, from 4 to 7.30pm. Sapra rang up and informed that Madhav was suffering from cold and we could have a meeting on Monday. Retired to sleep at 10.30pm.

On 4th :

Completed morning program. After breakfast slept from 11.30am-2.30pm. Venita went to attend a wedding in West End hotel in Vikaspuri. I could not accompany her. Tej rang up from Fatehpur and informed that his second son, Prashant had got a UN assignment in Kuala Lumpur. Retired to sleep 10.45pm.

30th November to 1st December

On 30th:

Arrived New Delhi station at about 7.15am. The train was only a few minutes late. Could not go even for walk. In chamber from 1.30 to 5pm. Attended inauguration of the CRPF officers mess. The ARISPO will have its office in this mess. The CRPF officers mess is located in Sector 7, RK Puram in the Northern sector of the force. Met Sarvashree Tondon, Khandelwal, JP Sharma, Gary Saxena, GBS Sidhu, Ratan Sehgal, RK Sharma, DG CRPF, Addl. DG Nayar and others. The Home Minister of India inaugurated the mess. The inauguration well matched with any wedding celebration. The whole area was so much lighted that it gave an impression to a passer by as if some wedding was going on in the premises. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 1st December:

Completed morning program. In chamber from 1.30 to 4pm. Attended a conference in Surya Hotel with Madhav, Sanjiv & Atiar from 12.45 to 1.30pm. Joined Babloo in his car on way to Vatika City Gurgaon, where he is living. Attended his birthday celebration. Subhash and his family besides Silku and his family and some friends of Neha and Babloo came. Our whole attention was on Aleynah. I followed her wherever she went. Babloo cut the cake. Venita prayed in the temple of Neha for the well being of Babloo and offered sweets. She applied tika on the forehead of Babloo and we blessed him on his 40th birth anniversary. I took a photograph of his in my cell and transmitted it to Pilku and Ruchi. Retired to sleep at 11.30pm.

Fatehpur Visit (25th to 29th November)

On 25th:

Completed morning program. Attended a conference on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Royal New Plaza hotel from 11.15-3pm. Various aspects of IPR were discussed. Patent, trademark and IPR are inter related concepts. In chamber for a short time. Sh.BR Lall, a former Joint Director CBI and DGP Haryana, died of massive heart attack, yesterday at Chandigarh. He wrote a book on working of CBI. He was quite critical of functioning of CBI in the book.

Reached New Delhi Railway Station at about 8.40 pm to board the train to Fatehpur. It left on time at 9.25pm. Retired to sleep at the train at 10pm.

On 26th:

Arrived Fatehpur at about 6.30am. The train was about 2 hours late. Could not complete morning program. Krishna Anand came.He is a neighbour, and a contemporary . He is about 4 years senior to me. He cannot see well and leads a retired life. Met the family of late Naresh Bhaisaheb and spent 2 hours with them. In fact the purpose of this visit to Fatehpur was to visit the family of Naresh Bhaisaheb to give condolences. I could not come on the day of his funeral and later on the day of final rites. I have already written my blog dated 7th November on him.

Ajju came. We discussed further repairs to the house. Digvijay Singh Advocate, Pravesh & Venita rang up. Visited the house of late Shyam Kishore Tiwari to attend the ceremonies of the marriage of his two sons. Today was their Tilak ceremony. Somehow I missed it. I did not feel like going on 29th, the day of marriage though I was there and left Fatehpur late in the night. I told Sheomohan to go to his wife Gita and give an envelope with some money and blessings to the newly weds after my departure. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 27th:

Went for a walk to Kalkan Temple and on way back met Dr.Chetan and had a cup of tea with him. Havan was done in my house in memory of Naresh Bhaisaheb and flowers offered to him, 2 minutes silence. His family also was present. We had prasad and a cup of tea together. I gave a copy of my blog dated 7th November pertaining to "Reminiscences: Naresh Bhaisaheb" to the family. I will also send a copy of it to his 2nd son at Bangalore as also to his daughter at Barabanki. Digvijay Singh, Ajju & Ratan came. Retired to sleep at 10.15pm.

On 28th:

Went for a walk. As usual Buddha park in the Collectorate was closed at 7am. It is not known as to when it is to close and open. The sign board is without any write-up. Will write to the District collector about this on reaching Delhi. Went to HDFC ATM as both the SBI ATMs were non functional. My ATM card got stuck in as I pushed it in the wrong hole. I had to go to branch manager HDFC to get it back. Digvijay Singh Advocate , Bhaiya and Guddu came. Could not go to Delhi today as I had wrongly booked my journey for 28th December. Had to cancel the ticket and bought another for journey on 29th November. Tunu rang up and informed about a burglary in the flat of his father in Rail Vihar. Talked to Commissioner of Police and SHO, Sector-56 Police Station. Sent one sms also to the Commissioner of Police as also to Deputy Commissioner Police east. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 29th:

Went for a walk. Even today both the ATMs of SBI were non functional. Had to take out money from a nearby ATM of IDBI. Digvijay Singh came. Reservation is confirmed at about 7.30 pm. Thanked JD CBI Lucknow and SP GRPS Allahabad for it. Spoke to SP Fatehpur also. Sashi Dubey rang up. Venita, who had fever on 28th is better today. She took medicine prescribed by Dr. Neha. There is Akhand Ramayan in the temple of the society. Venita joined it despite her illness. Left for Fatehpur station at 10pm. The youngest son of late Naresh Bhaisaheb and his wife came to see me off. Dr. Chetan and Advocate Moinuddin also came. They left after I left my residence on way to Fatehpur railway station. Left for New Delhi Railway station at 11pm. Retired to sleep in the train at 11.30pm.

24th Nov.

Completed morning program. Visited CGHS & SBI,Vikaspuri. In chamber from 1 to 4 pm. Along with Atiar, attended a meeting with Astro officials in Surya from 4.15 to5.30pm. During the day, Vishnuji came and took away a copy of his biodata, given to me earlier. Talked to Vikas, Sapra, Atiar, SP FTP and some others. JP Sharma, a retired IPS Officer, talked to me about his case and problems, faced by him. I told him to come with his case file. Jitendra Sharma, an executive of ASSOCHAM, invited me to attend a conference on Intellectual Property Rights in Plaza hotel . His Director did not agree to the attendance of other Advocates including Vikas Pahwa without payment of 50% of the contribution. I informed him that due to that none would attend except me. As i am leaving for FTP tomorrow, i would attend for a short time.

Retired to sleep at 10.30pm.

23rd Nov.

Completed morning program. Visited CGHS and SBI. In chamber from 1 to 3pm. Pravesh, Atiar, Vshnuji, Mala, P.S. to DCBI rang up. Discussed with Venita a plan to visit Pondichery during winter vacations. It will be less cold there. Life is beautiful when you create the right environment. For us it should neither be too cold nor too hot. Pondicherry will have right environment, a mix of spiritual, natural, right temperature,art,cuisine, to spend some good time

Retired to sleep at 10.30pm.

22nd Nov.

Completed morning program minus some exercises.Lot of time was taken by the electrician in fixing the tube light as instructed by Venita. Visited PNB & SBI PBB. Met Pravesh. When i reached chamber, a lunch was going on in it. I waited outside to let it finish. In chamber from 1.30 to 3pm. I left my cell at residence. I could not talk to quite a few persons. I did not remember their numbers. On way back, visited Hanuman temple in Chanakyapuri. Puja's driver came and collected bag sent by Ruchi. A letter came from the Police Hqrs that they would not take S.C. Varma's .303 rifle, now with me,for keeping it in Police museum as agreed to by them earlier and permitted by the Govt. of India. I will take up the matter with Commissioner of police again.

Life goes on like that. Let me try to make it more purposeful. I am renovating the ancestral house with a view to use it for a school for children who are handicapped in one way or the other.

Retired to sleep at9.45pm

21st Nov.

Completed morning program.Visited SBI Vikaspuri. In chamber from 12.30 to 4 pm.Pradeep came.We discussed misc. things. Pravesh rang up. Wished Subhash & Sunita on their anniversary. They are at Dwarkadhish. Subhash sent a sms "Its been a long day of godly darshans".Met Babloo and gave prasad. Puja was to send her peon to collect a bag, given by Venita. But none came.

Someone so healthy and handsome all of a sudden becomes sick and cannot lead a normal life. In a situation of this kind, what should one do? What our Shastras lay down ? What our wisdom says? We should do all that we can to enable him lead a normal life. Are we doing enough ? Let us find out what we have not been able to do. Let us ponder over it and discuss among ourselves and work out a plan of action.

Retired to sleep at 11.30 pm.

20th Nov.

Completed morning program. Had pain in the left shoulder. Somehow did exercises. Pest control came. Had to call them due to collection of tiny flying insects on spices.PC Sharma came. After a two hour sleep i notice that much pain has gone. Rakesh rang up and insisted that i must attend his daughter's marriage at Lucknow on 26th. Venita says i need not go. It will be taxing. I will go by her advice. We talked of holidays at Thimpu, Gangtok,Palampur & Pondichery. Venita suggested Palampur. We will soon decide about it. It would be advisable to go to south in winters.

Retired to sleep at about 11.30pm.

19th Nov.

Completed morning program. Spent the day at home talking to Venita. Planned visit to Fatehpur.

Propose to leave for Fatehpur on 25th Nov. and return on 29th by Prayagraj. Have to decide about further repairs to the ancestral house and visit the family of late Naresh Bhaisaheb. Pravesh and Sanjiv rang up. Have some pain in the left shoulder. May be due to sudden change in weather temperature.

Retired to sleep at 10.30pm.

17th & 18th Nov.

On17th

Completed morning program.Venita returned after Devi Darshan Tour. She visited 8 Devi temples, 2 Shiva temples & 1 Ram temple in all. It was a five day tour. In chamber from 1.20 to 6 pm. Retired to sleep 11.30 pm.

On 18th

Completed morning program. Visited CGHS & SBI. In chamber from 1.30 to 4.45 pm. Mala, Pravesh & Madhav called. Retired to sleep at 10.15 pm

8th to 16th Nov.

On 8th :

Completed morning program. In chamber from 11.30am-12.15 pm and 2.15pm-4pm. Visited Pravesh and discussed terms of consultancy in a case. Discussed legal opinion in the matter of Frigoglass (Pvt.) India Ltd. We will discuss with Sh.KTS next day at 5.30pm. Retired to sleep at 10.45pm.

On 9th :

Completed morning program. In chamber from 12.30.3.20pm. Had a conference in Oberoi hotel in a case. In chamber from 5.45-7pm. Conference with KTS along with Sh. Atiar in the matter of Frigoglass (Pvt.) India Ltd. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 10th:

Completed morning program. It is Gur Purnima today. PC Sharma came. But could not meet him as I had to go to Rajouri garden where Venita is waiting for me. She is leaving for Dharmshala tomorrow. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

Venita's DEVI DARSHAN TOUR

On 11th:

Completed morning program. In chamber from 12.30-3pm. Seen off Venita at old Delhi railway station. Due to traffic jam we almost missed the train. Thanks to the initiative of Venita, we left the car in the jam and walked fast to the train. We caught it just a few minutes prior to its departure. I will write to the Commissioner of Police about the jams which are common in the area. Retired to sleep at 12.30am.

On 12th:

Completed only walk. Venita reached Dharmashala. The train was one and half hour late to reach Pathankot. Instead of reaching at 8am, it reached at about 9.30am. She went to Chamundi and Baijnath temples today. Talked to Addl. SP Dharmshala, SP Bilaspur and IGP Chandigarh for Venita's accommodation during Devi darshan tour. New tiles are fixed in Venita's toilet. Pravesh rang up. retired to sleep at 11.30am.

On 13th:

Completed morning program. Venita visited Kangra Vajreswari , Banglamukhi, Masroorr and Jwalaji temples. She liked Jwalaji temple very much. Talked to Bablu, Silku, Ruchi, Shanno and Bitti. Later Talked to SP Bilaspur (Santosh), ASI Kasmir Singh, incharge Naina Devi temple Police outpost. Sh.Kulshresth, the contractor who is getting the repairs/white wash done in the flat also came. Retired to sleep at midnight.

On 14th:

Completed morning program. Venita visited Chintpurni temple. She halted at NainaDevi for the night. It is about 190 kms. from Dharamshala on way to Chandigarh. Did not go to the chamber as the repair work in the flat continued. I would like to buy Mac Book Pro, a laptop of Apple. Retired to sleep 11.30 pm.

On 15th:

Completed morning program. White-washing of my bedroom was completed. The plumber fitted the wash basin and WC in Venita's toilet.

Venita visited NainaDevi temple early morning and reached Chandigarh at about 12.30 pm. Pradeep fixed her accommodation in UT guest house near Chandigarh lake. For her journey from Dharmshala via Chintpurni and then back to Dharmshala , taxi charged over Rs.4500/-. As it does not get passengers from Chandigarh to Dharamshala quite often, it charged for return journey of 300 kms. as agreed to by Venita.

Attended a meeting at Oberoi hotel. The client was informed that payment could be made from his different companies. But the payment would have to be made by cheque so that I know the name of the company of the client which is paying for my services.

Venita met Pradeep and his family at Chandigarh before retiring to sleep. Earlier she went for a walk along the Chandigarh lake along with her friend, Smt.Manorama Gupta, who accompanied her during the tour.

Retired to sleep at 11.30pm.

On 16th:

Completed morning program.

Venita visited Mansa Devi, Kalka and Shiv temples at Chandigarh. She has visited the temples during the tour as follows:

1) 12.11- Day 1- 1. Chamundi temple. 2. Baijnath Shiv temple.

2) 13.11- Day 2- 1. Kangra Vajreshwari temple. 2. Baglamukhi temple. 3. Jwalaji temple. 4. Masrurr temple.

3) 14.11- Day 3- Chintpurni temple.

4) 15.11- Day 4- Naina Devi temple.

Arrived Chandigarh. Rested.

5) 16.11- Day 5- 1. Mansa Devi temple. 2. Shiv temple. 3. Kalka Devi temple & attached Gurudwara.

She has visited in all 11 temples .8 of these are Devi,2 Shiva & one Ram temple. The Dharmshala and Bilaspur belt of Himanchal is studded with Devi temples along with some Shiva temples. Goddess Parvati was the daughter of Himalayas.

Retired to sleep at about 11pm.

7th NOV.

Completed morning program. Pravesh rang up and wanted time for conference in a case. I told that it was not possible today. We could meet next day at 11.30am. He said that he would let me know.

Elder sister rang up. I could not control my tears and sobs when we discussed Naresh Bhaisaheb's death yesterday at about 7.30pm. Guddu rang up. I told I won't be able to join in cremation which is to take place today at 11am at Fatehpur.

Reminiscences : Naresh Bhaisaheb

I became close to Bhaisaheb after the death of my father on 6th April 1991. Even earlier to that my father would send me to the ancestral village along with him. He would also accompany me to see matches for my niece, Gilloo.

After the death of my father on 6th April, 1991 (curiously he also died on a 6th ), I used to visit Fatehpur at least twice in a year for over 10 days each time. He used to my friend, philosopher and guide at Fatehpur. Each day at Fatehpur with him had the following schedule:

1. Leave for morning walk 5.30/6 am.

2. Return after walk 7 am.

3. Havan 8 am.

4. Breakfast 8.30 am.

5. Meet again in the afternoon as per convenience. Generally we discussed spiritual matters.

6. Evening walk and visit different persons 6 pm.

7. Return from evening walk etc. 8 pm.

8. Discussions on spiritual matters 8 pm to about 9.30 pm.

9. Disperse for sleep.

10. The same routine was followed next day.

But for his help and handling of the management of the farm in my village, I would not have been able to take care of the same for about 20 years after the death of my father. He always accompanied me to the village. Even during the life time of my late father, he accompanied me to the village as my father due to old age could not go there. We traveled by bus and other means of transport. In one instance I remember to have travelled with him in a horse driven cart. The other passengers besides us were a villager and his two goats. I remember the she goat during the journey drenched me with its urine. Naresh Bhaisaheb was quite disturbed seeing my embarrassment. He was loving and caring. He was over 13 years senior to me in age.

After he touched 80, he started feeling difficulty in walking, so much so that he became completely incapable of walking about 3 years prior to his demise. He was in the 86th year when he died. He died on 6th November and he was born on 30th July .He loved his wife.After her death a couple of years before his death, he was quite depressed. For the first time I found that he was quite concerned with his ailments, inability to walk, stiffening body parts so much so that he did not talk spiritual. He invariably talked abut Vedas, Upnishads and other scriptures. I sent him a copy my blog which I wrote on return to Delhi to revive his interest in spiritual matters. I met him last on 6th Oct,2011 in his house. One month later he died. He was a staunch follower ofArya Samaj.

Copy of the blog dated 12th October,2011

Naresh Bhaisaheb and My Father

"On 11th October completed morning program. In chamber from 12.30 to 3.30 pm. The parents of Lt. Col. Jain came and discussed their son's case.Lt.Col.is at a place which is about 200 kms.away and up from Leh.BSNL lines are difficult to connect.You get a line sometime.We faced it when we were there for a holiday sometime back.We got Delhi occasionally.The father tried to connect so that Lt. Col. could talk to me,but could not.

Today is Venita's birthday.Wished her many happy returns of the day. Blessed her too.She said that she would like to go to Devi temples in Himachal Pradesh, namely Jwalaji,Chintpurni & Chamundaji. The journey to these temples is via Chandigarh by road. It is a long journey from Chandigarh. I suggested that she could go to Dharmashala by air and from there by road to the temples which could be covered in one day and not much of journey by road was involved. She said that her friend, Mrs. Manorama Gupta, wife of a retired Superintendenting engineer could not afford the cost of air journey.I told that taxi expenses from Chandigarh and back plus train expenses from Delhi to Chandigarh would be more or less equal to expenses by air. But she insisted that she would like to go by road and that the distance was not much from Chandigarh to the temples. I said that her health would not permit long journey. She has spondalitis as also back pain. She still insisted that she would like to go by road. The heated arguments continued for sometime. I left for the chamber. I could not convince her of my viewpoint. At Fatehpur I noticed that Naresh Bhaisaheb was still very keen to walk & prayed to God for power to walk . He had tears in his eyes when he talked to me about his inability to walk.He also told that he could not move his right hand properly. I told him to take these inabilities as blessings of God. As he is 85, there is no place left for him to visit. He still toys with the idea of going to Haradwar and staying in an Ashram. But he cannot move. This is in contrast to the attitude of my father who never complained of his inability to walk, as he used to walk earlier before the age of 80. He wanted to live in his house at Fatehpur and din't want to leave it even for a day.I wish Naresh Bhaisaheb also has the same attitude and should now give up craving for walk and going to any Ashram. I told him so when I met him last on 6th instant. Craving for something is the main cause of suffering, so said Buddha. I am reminded of a story narrated by Gurumaa in course of her discourses. She told that she visited a saint. She was completely bedridden. Seeing Guruma, she welcomed her. She looked quite happy. Gurumaa saw her being cleaned by the disciples. She said to Guruma "Look He has crippled me. But He has provided me tools to take care also." She said this with laughter. I wish Naresh Bhaisaheb also develops the same attitude. Although he cannot move, but he has attendants to take care of him. "

When I told my wife about the state of mind of Naresh Bhaisaheb , she said that it happened towards the end of life. A person forgets spiritual things and becomes more and more temporal. I sent a copy of my blog dated 12th October to Naresh Bhaisaheb by courier. Even after reading it he continued to think of temporal things. His second son was to come from Bangalore to look him up before he died. But he could not come. Till his last breath he was remembering him. His daughter-in-law was telling him to recite OM. Very feebly he once said OM. He could not speak during the last hours..

I will miss him much during my visits to Fatehpur. I pray to God to give peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear the loss and to live amicably..

6th Nov.

Completed morning program.Today is Ekadasi. I have to keep fast as desired by Venita. I find it is good for the system.

Scrutinized the bail application of Sanjiv Saxena. Sent my comments to Piyush.

We have been invited to attend a wedding by a businessman, living in the Society. We have no intention to go.

A news report says that 50% Britons think their children are becoming feral. They are turning their backs on those children. 10% believe that badly behaved children over the age of 10 years are beyond help. It is interesting. In India we never give up and take care of all at all time.

Pilku rang up. He may come to Delhi shortly.

Naresh Bhaisaheb has gone back to Fatehpur. His condition has not improved. He cannot talk and eat. C scan of his head shows that its veins have flattened. He is not fully conscious. The physician who attended him in Halet has advised to take him there after a fortnight. When i was writing this blog, Sangita informed that Bhaisaheb was no more. Let us pray to God to give peace to the departed soul.

Retired to sleep at about 10pm.

5th Nov.

Completed morning program. Talked to Guddu. Naressh Bhaisaheb is still in Halet hospital. He cannot take solid food. He is on liquids. He cannot speak well. His feet are swollen. His thyroid is low in action. I have suggested Guddu to get him examined by an E&T, thyroid and arthritis specialists.

Shanno enquired about Naresh Bhaisaheb. She says that Anjali is in the family way. She is expecting towards the end of December.

It was Sunita's birthday. We wished her good and healthy life. In fact Venita forgot about the birthday. Sunita reminded about it. We felt quite small. She is always prompt in wishing us. Venita, who is encyclopedia of birth dates,slipped this year in respect of Sunita. It is Venita who tells me about all birthdays.We apologized to Sunita. These days Venita is quite worked up in trying to get a maid for cooking.

Akshardham sent prasad of Mahaannkoot. They send every year.

Local MLA invited to attend a wedding in his family.

These days, I am trying to practise Vipassana while i am doing my daily chores. Goenkaji has given guidelines about it.

Retired to sleep at 11.30pm.

4th Nov.

Completed morning program. Attended Tilak ceremony of Shri Agarwall's son at Mukut Regency hotel Vasundhara Gaziabad. Agarwall is Collector Customs Kolkata. Visited Dr. Prasad's place. Mala, daughter of late Ramnath, also lives nearby. Her husband is in jail in cash-for-vote case. He was secretary to Amar Singh. His name is Sanjiv Saxena. Late Ramnath was a neighbor at Fatehpur. Mala was a kid when i first saw her at Fatehpur. Visited her along with Venita. She wanted to meet me. I told her that as i was nearby, i would go to her. Asked her to keep patience and that i would help in the case as much as i can.

Retired to sleep at 11.30pm

3rd Nov.

For lack of time, could go only for a brisk walk for 45 minutes. Could not do pranayam, asans and exercises. I had to reach for a conference at 10 am. Visited PNB. Attended conference. In chamber from 12.30 to 4 pm. JE Atul Ranjan came at 3.30 pm. Discussed his case with his Advocate & CA.. Advocate Rajkamal of the chamber was requested to join and assist.

Retired to sleep at 11pm.

2nd Nov.

Completed morning program. To be able to go to a dinner, hosted by a cousin brother of Venita, did not go to the chamber. It is not possible to combine it with the chamber visit. It is strenuous. I pleaded with Venita. She insisted for dinner.I had to cancel an important conference. I did work on the computer during the day.

Munna came to Delhi on official visit. He is gone to Kanpur. He will go back to Ganganagar along with his family and mother a few days later. His family is already at Fatehgarh. It had come earlier to join in Munna's brother-in-law's engagement ceremony there. His mother appeared to be happy with the prospect of going to Ganganagar with Munna. His mother is my elder sister. For a change she expressed happiness for going to Munna's place. Earlier she used to grumble. I must congratulate Munna and Sapna for the psychological change.It appears they are taking care of her well.

At the dinner at Vasant Vihar Club, met Subhash Sunita,Sashi, Amit, Maltha, his Spanish wife, Lalit, Kanchan, his wife. There were quite a few others. It was Kanchan's birthday. It was a get-together of mainly members of the family. Kanchan did not know about the party. Lalit wanted to give her a surprise. As most pertinently observed by Subhash, relatives from Kanchan's side dominated the numbers as Verma family dominated our parties.

Lalit retired from Railways. If you go to a railway officer's party,you find yourself in the midst of more and more of railway officers. They talk mostly of railway matters. You feel bored. For a change, except for Subhash and Lalit, there were no railway officers. It was a lively party. Every one was talking to everyone. I felt sorry for not being able to talk to Rani Jiji. She came for a short time and left to take her medicines.She looked sick. I will go and meet her shortly. Of course, Venita met her. In her typical style, she castigated me for my failure to meet Rani. Returned home at 11.30pm.

Retired to sleep at 12.15am.

1rst Nov.

Completed morning program. Visited PNB, SBI Vikaspuri, DLTA, CGHS. In chamber from 1 to 3.15 pm. Visited Hanuman temple on way back. Gave birthday good wishes to Sid & Aparna. Vikas called. He has not yet read the case files, i sent him a few days back. He promised to go through the files and then discuss with me within a day or two.

Bhaisaheb's condition has improved. His thyroid is enlarged. His treatment has started.

Retired to sleep at11pm.

31st October

Completed morning program. Visited PNB, SBI Vikaspuri,PBB and CGHS. Pravesh wanted to discuss a case. In fact he said that a reputed firm desired to appoint me as a consultant. When I rang him up he was not available. Hence the meeting could not take place. Now it is scheduled to take place on Wednesday the 2nd November. In chamber from 1.15-3.15pm. Naresh Bhaisaheb is shifted to a private hospital in Kanpur. He has been put on oxygen and glucose. A number of tests have been done and their results showed no abnormality of any kind. The doctors said that stiffness of his body as well as loss of appetite were due to a number of painkillers taken by him as prescribed by the doctors at Fatehpur. His treatment will start from tomorrow.

The painkillers do not get absorbed in our body. They get deposited in liver and other vital parts. They cause problems like those which Naresh Bhaisaheb is now facing.

Ex-DYSP, CBI, Kaushik came and wanted me to handle a revision petition in the court of Addl. sessions judge, Saket. I told him I don't go to lower courts. Then he went away telling that he would come to me when the matter goes to the High court. He was sure that his revision petition would be rejected by the session court. If he is so sure of dismissal of his revision petition, how he can expect that the High court would entertain the appeal and give him a favorable order.

Retired to sleep at 11pm.

30th October

Completed morning program. Venita continued giving Diwali gifts.

In an interview, published in Indian Express on 30th Oct., author Friedman said that there were 5 pillars for development of a country, i.e. 1. Education. 2. Infrastructure. 3. Immigration. 4. Capital formation. 5. Govt. funded research. The USA strengthened these pillars and became a powerful country. Now it is failing in all these fronts. It is declining and Pillars are getting weaker. Globalization is one reason for it. Priorities are not properly worked out. A complete review and strengthening of the pillars are required for its revival.

I don't know how far Friedman is correct in his analysis. But one thing is certain that influence of USA in the world is not as it used to be a decade back. But I agree with Friedman in so far as he has advised to strengthen the 5 pillars for the revival of USA to its earlier position.

I agree with his another analysis, given in the interview that socialism made everyone equally poor. Globalization and capitalism had made people unequally rich.

Retired to sleep at 11pm.

29th Oct.

Completed morning program. Venita distributed cash, fruits & sweets to employees of the Society. Sent Rs.20,000/-to Fatehpur for the repairs to the ancestral house. Total amount sent so far is Rs.90,000/-. Sheomohan said that it would cover the cost of current project. I talked to Ajju also, who is supervising the construction.

Attended wedding of daughter of Sanjay at ESSEX village. Sanjay is an IAS Officer of our cadre, presently an Addl. Seceretary in GOI. Met quite a few officers of the cadre. Some of them i met after years. Peter Hanneman was also there apart from Bezbaruah, Thakur, Mendiratta, Saran, Mrs. Ashok Saikia,Vinay Kohili, Rinzah, and some others. Food was good with a number of sweet dishes. There were Indian, Chinese, Italian dishes. Those who wanted to take continental had also enough for them.While i was having dinner, Sangita rang up and informed that Naresh Bhaisaheb was shifted to hospital. He is unwell for quite sometime. General weakness, high blood pressure, stiffness of body, loss of appetite are some of the ailments he is suffering from. He is in the 86th year. I offered money if she needed. She said that she did not need it at present.

Returned home at about 11pm.

Retired to sleep at about 11.30pm.

28th Oct.

Completed morning program. Shri Aggarwal came to invite for his son's marriage. He is Commissioner Customs (Appeals), Kolkota. We told we would attend one of the two day long functions. He insisted for both the days.

Pravesh rang up. He wants to discuss a case with me on Monday, the 31rst Oct..Bitto rang up and said that Bitti was sick with fever for the last about a fortnight. I tried to talk to her but did not get the line. Sapna is coming to attend the engagement of her brother at Fatehgarh. On way back Bitti will accompany her to Ganganagar in the first week of Nov. I notice she is quite happy and healthy when she stays with Munna. He takes good care of her.

Sri Sri Ravishankar, Art of Living Guru, has come out in active support of current agitation against corruption.He gave a pledge to about a lac of people yesterday at Ahmedabad not to give bribe or take bribe .

Retired to sleep at about 11pm.

27th Oct.

Completed morning program. Employees of the Society came for Diwali 'bakshis'.Venita went for Annakut, a community feast during Diwali in the Society. I did not go. The community kitchen food upsets my stomach. Earlier i used to go. Dr. Prasad visited us with his family. Mrs Prasad brought beautiful pink roses. They spent about 2 hrs with us. Venita prepared samosas and some other snacks. Very delicious. I avoid taking snacks cooked outside. I took samosas after a long gap. Venita is superb in cooking. She learns new recipes now and then. She tries them when guests come. She cooks with love. For this reason, i look forward to the visits of guests and more guests. As it involves lot of work and application,she is scared and wants only a few to visit. In the heart of hearts, she would like many to visit. But due to her diabetic health, she finds difficult to take care of many.

Retired to sleep at 11.30 pm.

Diwali

Completed morning program. Replied to a number of telephone calls,mails & sms, wishing happy Diwali. D.M.Sharma called on. Talked to grandchildren. The atmosphere is echoing sound of crackers. There are less of crackers this year. I went out to buy some crackers with Babua yesterday. Could not locate a shop in Vikaspuri & Dst. Center Janakpuri.

Visited Duttas & Jhas. Did Diwali Puja and Laxmi Arti. Residents of the colony have decorated fronts of their flats with colorful electric bulbs.

Retired to sleep at 0015 hrs of 27th.

25th Oct.

Completed morning program. Neha came. Took Babua and Neha to the Dist. center market. He bought a toy. Spent the day, playing hide and seek and other games with him. They left at about 3pm. Grandchildren are great stress busters.

24th Oct.

Completed morning program. Visited PNB, CGHS, SBI . In chamber from 1.30 to 4.30 pm. Advocate Digvijay Singh came. Discussed filing of SLP, Gave money to para-legal employees for Diwali sweets.

The prices are going up. Hard work to earn more, savings and less consumption are the answer to keep surviving. Venita has to cooperate. Will she? I doubt.

21rst to 23rd Oct.

On 21

Completed only walk. Could not do the asans, pranayams, & exercises as i had to leave early for CBI conference. Attended conference at Vigyan Bhawan which was addressed by PM. Visited CGHS. & SBI. Advocate Digvijay Singh came with the brief of a case A SLP is to be filed for transfer of a case from Silvassa court to any court in India. Will meet him on Monday, the 24th for further discussion. Had costa coffee. Retired to sleep at 9.30pm.

On 22 & 23

Stayed at home and rested. Venita visited South Delhi for Diwali shopping. On 23rd, she went to Gurgaon to give Diwali gifts to grandchildren.

20th October

Completed morning program. Visited PNB, SBI & Hauzkhas Enclave.Met Dr. Srivastava, CMO, and took medicine for cold.

In chamber from 12.30 to 4.30pm. Sagar came for drafting his will. I suggested one each in respect his property, his wife's and one for joint property. Tulsi suggested two and dictated the same. I suggested him to to take a third opinion and then decide. Had Cafe day coffee.

India won 3rd ODI.

Retired to sleep at 11pm.

19th October

Completed morning program. Visited Hauz Khas Enclave diagnostic center and CGHS. Consulted Dr.Rita Srivastava, CMO, Pandara Road, CGHS for cold. I did not have flu or cold for the last 3-4 years. I am having it this year, but without fever and body pain. I have dry cough and flow from nostrils. I have been taking Tulsi water for the last 2-3 years. I take 4-5 Tulsi leaves and put them in a glass of water overnight and take it in the morning. I used to have flu invariably during change of seasons earlier. A French physician had suggested to take Tulsi water. It helped a lot. The flu this time is not acute. I think I got flu perhaps due to weakening immune system because of age. Even then it was not as severe as it used to be before taking of Tulsi water. Tulsi water is an effective antidote to cold and is advised to all.

In chamber from 1.15-3.30 pm. Collected pass books/ cheque books from Mr.Das. I had given them to him in connection with preparation of ITR 2011-12. Had coffee at Cafe Coffee day at Rajouri garden. Talked to Mr. Das and thanked him for help in preparation of my ITR. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

18th Oct.

Completed morning program. Visited PNB. I forgot to write the amount in words on the cheque. As it was a cheque for transfer of an amount of Rs.20,000/- from my F.D. Interest Account in SBI to PNB Account, PNB said that i should have mentioned my full name in the cheque. I wrote down as suggested. The lady at the desk was assertive and did not mince words. Venita got a ring from PNB to inform me to go to the bank for corrective action.

Visited Hauz Khas diagnostic center for Maxilla ct. scan. It is an exercise to know if my upper gums can take plants.

In chamber from 1.20 to 4.30pm. Took out Venita's and her friend, Mrs. Manorama's e-tickets to Dharmshala and back. They plan to go to Dharmshala for pilgrimage and sightseeing on 11th and return on 15th Nov.

On way back from chamber, visited Hanuman temple in Chanakyapuri.

Pravesh rang up and desired to meet. I told that we could meet next day. He is going to Mumbbai tomorrow. We will meet on his return.

Retired to sleep at 11pm.

17th October

Completed morning program.

Visited PNB and transferred Rs. 40,000/- to Ajju for repairs to the ancestral house at Fatehpur. In fact i have opened a separate account wherein get deposited all interests, received from fixed deposits. These F. Ds. have been made from the sale proceeds of ancestral immovable property. I have given details thereof in my blog dated 9th Dec. 2009. All expenses for the upkeep of the house including salary of the care-taker are met from this account. On 11 & 16th ,i had transferred Rs.10,000/-each to Ajju for the purpose. In addition i had given Rs.10,000/- to Sheomohan during my visit to Fatehpur from 1rst to 7th Oct. from my personal account. In all a sum of Rs. 70.000/- is given. Visited CGHS .

In chamber from 12am to 4pm. Prageet rang up. I informed him that it would take some time to answer his questions .Atiar rang up and said that he needed sometime to prepare the draft reply. The question involved a study of provisions of Company Law. I told him to prepare it by the weekend. He agreed to it.

"The latest charges against the Man Booker Prize is that it now values readability over literary merit. The debate suggests , speciously, that the two cannot go together."Uma Mahadevan inI.E. dated 16th Oct.

Retired to sleep at about 10.45pm

16th October

Completed morning program. Spent the day at home, it being Sunday.

Global demonstrations for occupation of Wall Street accuse the bankers and the politicians for wrecking economies. Demonstration turned violent in Rome. It is the news of the day.

Today is the birthday of Ritsy as well as of Anita and Rajiv Mohan. Wished them all. Due to an echo, the voice of Ritsy was not clear.

Anita is at Hyderabad with her son who is employed there. She has to stay there to help Pinku, her son, to take care of his son who may be about 7 year old. Situation arose due to the divorce. By mutual agreement,Pinku is given the custody of the son. His former wife, Hritika, has married again to an owner of a restraunt in USA and has a son with him. She had filed a suit for the custody of the son with Pinku before the birth of a son from the second marriage. The suit is pending in a Gurgaon court and she is pursuing the case. She has visitation right to her son with Pinku. I feel she may not pursue the case now in view of the birth of a son with her second husband.

Anita and Pramod are going through hard times. We pray to God this day to give them fortitude to face the situation and carry on. Our good wishes are with them.

Retired to sleep at 11pm.

14th & 15th October

On 14th
Completed morning program.Visited Safdurjung hospital and met Dr.Vohra. Took endorsement on the prescription. In chamber from 1.20 to 3.3o pm. Prageet rang up and checked if i had got his mail reg. legal opinion on whether Frigoglass could open another branch outside Haryana. He has posed the question in the context of pending case in Punjab & Haryana High Court. I told him that we would send our opinion by Monday possibly.

India won One Day International Cricket match against England at Hyderabad today.

Retired to sleep at 10.40 pm

On 15th

Completed morning program. Spent the day at home, a Saturday. Venita went to South Delhi for haircut.She also met her paternal aunt (Bua). She is staying with her daughter at Motibagh New Delhi. She lost her only son some months back at Bhopal where she is living at present all alone. Her other daughter lives in Mumbai. Ruchi rang up. She wanted to wish Venita on Karwa Chauth. I told her that she was not at home. She may speak to her on cell. Today is Karwa Chauth. Venita is not well. She was not sure if she could keep fast. I offered to keep fast on her behalf. But then she said that she would keep the fast.

Had a cup of coffee at Mcdonald's. Retired to sleep at 11 pm.

13th October

Completed morning program. Visited CGHS for collection of medicines, Khan market for provisions. In chamber from 1.20-3.15pm. Had a cup of Darjeeling tea in Cafe for Coffee day, served stylishly with a heating flame below the teapot. Pravesh rang up, but could not talk to him due to pre-occupation. Told him that I would call him later Spoke to Ajju and advised him about repairs of the house at Fatehpur. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

12th October

Completed morning program. Visited PNB for transfer of Rs.10,000/- to Ajju's account at Fatehpur in connection with repairs to our ancestral house, going on at present. In chamber from 12 to 3.15pm. Had organic Darjeeling tea with Sh.SS Sharma. Had coffee at Rajouri garden Cafe for coffee day. Talked to Ajju about progress of repairs. We decided not to have beams over the walls for slabs as advised by Sh.Daksh Bharadwaj, of M/s Bharadwaj and Bharadwaj, the architects. The chief mason had prepared framework for the beams. It had to be dismantled. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

Naresh Bhaisaheb and My Father

On 11th October completed morning program. In chamber from 12.30 to 3.30 pm. The parents of Lt. Col. Jain came and discussed their son's case.Lt.Col.is at a place which is about 200 kms.away and up from Leh.BSNL lines are difficult to connect.You get a line sometime.We faced it when we were there for a holiday sometime back.We got Delhi occasionally.The father tried to connect so that Lt. Col. could talk to me,but could not.
Today is Venita's birthday.Wished her many happy returns of the day. Blessed her too.She said that she would like to go to Devi temples in Himachal Pradesh, namely Jwalaji,Chintpurni & Chamundaji. The journey to these temples is via Chandigarh by road. It is a long journey from Chandigarh. I suggested that she could go to Dharmashala by air and from there by road to the temples which could be covered in one day and not much of journey by road was involved. She said that her friend, Mrs. Manorama Gupta, wife of a retired Superintendenting engineer could not afford the cost of air journey.I told that taxi expenses from Chandigarh and back plus train expenses from Delhi to Chandigarh would be more or less equal to expenses by air. But she insisted that she would like to go by road and that the distance was not much from Chandigarh to the temples. I said that her health would not permit long journey. She has spondalitis as also back pain. She still insisted that she would like to go by road. The heated arguments continued for sometime. I left for the chamber. I could not convince her of my viewpoint.
At Fatehpur I noticed that Naresh Bhaisaheb was still very keen to walk & prayed to God for power to walk . He had tears in his eyes when he talked to me about his inability to walk.He also told that he could not move his right hand properly. I told him to take these inabilities as blessings of God. As he is 85, there is no place left for him to visit. He still toys with the idea of going to Haradwar and staying in an Ashram. But he cannot move. This is in contrast to the attitude of my father who never complained of his inability to walk, as he used to walk earlier before the age of 80. He wanted to live in his house at Fatehpur and din't want to leave it even for a day.I wish Naresh Bhaisaheb also has the same attitude and should now give up craving for walk and going to any Ashram. I told him so when I met him last on 6th instant.
Craving for something is the main cause of suffering, so said Buddha. I am reminded of a story narrated by Gurumaa in course of her discourses. She told that she visited a saint. She was completely bedridden. Seeing Guruma, she welcomed her. She looked quite happy. Gurumaa saw her being cleaned by the disciples. She said to Guruma "Look He has crippled me. But He has provided me tools to take care also." She said this with laughter. I wish Naresh Bhaisaheb also develops the same attitude. Although he cannot move, but he has attendants to take care of him.
Retired to sleep at 7.30pm.

10th October

Completed morning program. After 30th September, I could do it today. During my stay at Fatehpur, I could not do exercises/asans/pranayams. But I did go for long walks. Visited CGHS. In chamber from 12.30 to 4.30 pm. Lt. Col. Jain's father rang up from Meerut and desired to meet me. I advised him to meet Sh.Atiar. Retired to sleep at 10.50 pm.

8th & 9th October

On 8th :
Arrived Delhi at about 8am. The train was late for over one hour. Browsed through the old newspapers. Retired to sleep at 11.30pm.

On 9th :
Went for a walk, but could not do the exercises,pranayam and asans. Visited Bablu/Neha in their newly rented house in Vatika city. Attended Khyati's birthday celebration. Met Ritsy's sister,parents and others. There were a number of children to join Khyati in the celebration. Khyati moved excitedly all over in the basement. The wall of the basement had her paintings. I suggested Silku to plan/arrange an exhibition of Khyati's paintings after they were a little over 150 or so. Furthermore each painting should have her autograph. The little Alanah was sick with fever. We had photographs with children. I preponed my visit to Delhi from Fatehpur so that I could attend the birthday celebration. Retired to sleep at 9.45pm.

Fatehpur Visit (1st to 7th October)

On 1st :
Arrived Fatehpur at about 6am. The train was late by over one hour. Ajju came and we discussed repairs to the ancestral house along with the chief mason Baijnath. Called on Naresh Bhaisaheb. The age is telling on his mental and physical capability. Retired to sleep at 10.15pm.

On 2nd :
Had a walk for over 40 mins. Could not do the exercises/pranayam/asans. Met Dr. Chetan on way back from Kalkan temple. Incourse of discussion with Baijnath, Ajju suggested to check on (1) Whether the existing wall of the house can take the load of slabs and (2) whether other load bearing walls would require support of pillars. He also suggested preparation of estimates of expenditure for the repairs to the house. Retired to sleep at 10.50 pm.

On 3rd :
Went for a walk for over an hour to Tameshwar temple. Work started with 2 laborers. Spent over an hour in the cyber cafe attending to emails. Retired to sleep at 10pm.

On 4th :
Went for a walk for over an hour. Got lost in the lanes and by-lanes of my own town in search of an old temple. So much of construction has taken place. Visited Durga Pujas of the town. The celebration of Durga Puja is new phenomenon in the town. Earlier Ram lilas were performed in different places. Now we do not hear of them. Caves have been made for people to get in to see the goddess, copying the Vaishnav Devi gufa. Big rows of people are seen at these improvised gufas. A class fellow whose shop I used to visit whenever I came to Fatehpur, expired in August last year. I met his wife and son in the shop and conveyed my condolences. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 5th :
Went for a long walk. Visited the old Shiva temple near our ancestral house. A number of people visited. The co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, died today. I have saved one speech of his which I found quite inspiring, made in 2006. I have also circulated it to the children. Retired to sleep at 10.30pm.

On 6th :
Had a long walk. A number of persons visited. Went to Jwalaganj to have a view of Savaris which come out on the Dashera day. Could not see them. They made a round of the town and crossed the main market at about 2am on 7th. Received a number of messages for Dashera and replied them back. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 7th :
Went for a long walk. Advoctes Digvijay and Agnihotri came beside others. Visited Naresh Bhaisaheb and spent over an hour with him. Decided to have beams over the walls before slabs are fabricated over them. No SBI ATMs had money for about 3 days. Took out money from IDBI and HDFC ATMs instead. Ruchi told to bring the aluminium box of Pilku. Pilku had taken it to St. Edmunds school, Shillong, when he went there to study at the age of 8 years. Silku also joined him next year. His box is perhaps lying in Delhi. Left Delhi by Prayagraj Express at 10.50pm.

September 2011

While Venita stayed with Neha for 3 days at Gurgaon from 3rd to 6th September in absence of Babloo in Helsinki, I attended one workshop in Hotel Imperial on Computer Crime incidents on 8th and a seminar in IHC on 11th. Attended Babua's birthday at Gurgaon on 15th. There was a get together in the house of Sh.SK Dutta, Ex-Director CBI. Dr. Srivastava of CGHS told Venita that cramps in her legs were due to high level sugar. Caire fell down in the bathroom and fractured two ribs on the right side. On 26th there was an explosion at the Delhi High Court gate. 11 persons were killed and a number of others injured. Decided to take infrastructure bonds worth Rs.20,000/- on 01/01/2012. This will reduce my income tax liability by about Rs.200/- per month.

27th to 30th September

On 27th :
Completed morning walk. Visited the Precision dental center. Dr. Mohit Kumar, the dentist, said that route canaling in wisdom tooth was not advisable. In chamber from 12.45-3.30 pm. Advocates Digvijay and Tripathi came. On way back visited Hanuman temple. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 28th :
Completed morning program. In chamber from 12.15-3.30pm. Advocate Digvijay Singh came. Retired to sleep at 10.30pm.

On 29th :
Completed morning program. In chamber from 12.15- 3.30pm. Adarsh Deewan spoke about a report to his auditors. Sent the report to him. Retired to sleep at 10.30pm.

On 30th :
Completed morning program. Whole day is spent in packing for journey to Fatehpur. This is my first journey to Fatehpur in 2011. Generally I go to Fatehpur in March also. This year could not go due to sickness of Yash. Left for Fatehpur by Prayagraj Express at 9.30pm.

22nd to 26th September

On 22nd :
Completed morning program. Visited SBI Vikaspuri, CGHS. In chamber 12.30 to 3.30pm. Lt. Col. Jain came and discussed his case. He was going to Shillong today. Regarding lunch/dinner with Director CBI along with Pravesh, no communication has come. Discussed drafting of Joint will with Gaurang Vardhan. KTS peeped in the room. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 23rd :
On 23rd completed morning program. Visited DLTA, to meet Babloo. His office is now shifted in DLTA from Shanti Niketan. Shanti Niketan is a residential area. Finland Govt. thought that it was not proper to have their branch office in a residential area. WHO office is also located in the DLTA. Met Babloo and advised him to come to Vikaspuri to get UID cards made on Sunday the 25th after his in laws had left for Jaipur in the afternoon. He was to reach Vikaspuri by 4.30pm. Sh. Atul Ranjan came and discussed his case. He promised to give the documents required for preparing his statement on 24th. Sanjay Sahu came after a gap of about 6 months. He was seriously sick. I have sent his CV to ABC Consultants for considering his appointment on a post, advertised at Chandigarh. Atiar sent the draft statement of Lt. Col. Jain, I sent it to him at Shillong. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 24th :
On 24th completed morning program. There was a get together in the house of Sh. SK Dutta, former Director CBI. We were there with him for about 3 hours. He could now sit in the wheel chair after a prolonged treatment of multiple fracture during his journey from Haridwar to Delhi a couple of months back in a motor accident. KTS had invited for dinner in IIC. Could not go. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 25th :
Completed morning program except for some exercises. Spent the day at home. Talked to the grand children over Skype. Although I talked to Ruchi, but could not talk to Pilku as he was sleeping in Nigeria at that time. He is also online in the Skype with me. Neha came on the line. I heard her voice but could not see her. Infact after her coming on the line even the images of the children disappeared, may be she has not yet added me to her Skype. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 26th :
Completed morning program. Visited CGHS and consulted Dr.Mrs.Srivastava, CMO, incharge Pandara road, CGHS. She scrutinized the blood/urine reports of Venita and said that cramps in the muscles of her legs were due to High level of Sugar. Otherwise there was nothing significant in the blood/urine reports. She talked to Venita and told her this fact. Pilku rang up from London and promised to send some photographs. I informed him that I din't need anymore photographs for my Travelogue. I have got all that I wanted. SS Sharma came and spent about an hour. I told him about the assignment of ABC consultants at Chandigarh. He said he would write to the company. I have written to the company that I cannot go to Chandigarh as I am practicing Law at New Delhi. The offer is with the package of rupees 90 lacs per annum. Visited Khan market, Bengali market ,petrol shop & Big Apple for miscellaneous purchases. Caire fell in the bathroom and had a hairline fracture in his hipbone. He was having quite a bit of pain. I talked to him and would visit next day. Pravesh rang up. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

21st Sept.

Completed morning program.Visited CGHS and photo studio. In chamber from 12.30-3.30pm. Coffee at Costa Cafe. On way back home again visited photo studio at Vikaspuri. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

19th & 20th September

On 19th:
Completed morning program. Visited CGHS. In chamber from 12.45 to 4.15pm. Col. Jain along with Advocate Badrinath came for consultation, sent by Vikas. Adarsh Deewan has received the letter. In fact it had been wrongly delivered to another factory nearby. He got it collected from there.Spoke to Atiar to draft the statement of Col. Jain in connection with a case registered at Guwahati to prepare him to face the investigation. Coffee at Costa cafe. Pravesh and Vikas rang up for miscellaneous work. retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 20th:
Completed morning program. Visited SBI Vikaspuri. Neha was taken to the hospital due to diarrhea and low blood pressure. The doctor advised her to be put on drips. But it was decided to see if the medicines worked. Later she did not have to go on drips. She recovered towards the evening. She returned from Vrindaban on 18th and went to attend a birthday party on 19th. May be she took some food which caused diarrhea.
In chamber 12.30-3.30pm. Had coffee at costa cafe. Visited Hanuman temple in Chanakyapuri on way back. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

14th to 18th September

On 14th:
Completed morning program.In chamber from 12.15-4.45pm. Daga Rang up and said that he had sent some papers for advice. Learnt that Neha is slightly disturbed. Sent a consoling sms to her. Ruchi is on way back to London from Amsterdam. Asked her to send the photographs for the Travelogue. She had gone to Amsterdam on official work. She has since taken up a part time job. Kaushal, who is at Gurgaon, rang up and talked miscellaneous matters. Had coffee at Costa Cafe. Retired to sleep at 10.30pm.

On 15th:
Completed morning program. Visited Safdarjung hospital and met dental surgeon. Visited Gurgaon to participate in the birthday celebration of Babua. It was very well organized by Neha. There were games for children. In all 61 persons including children & adults joined. There was good food to eat. Babua was quite happy with a number of gifts,which he got from all participants. All of us wished & blessed him with long & happy life. Returned Vikaspuri at about 11pm. Retired to sleep around midnight.

On 16th:
Completed morning program. Visited CGHS. In chamber from 12.45-4pm. Gaurang Vardhan, Advocate, prepared a note on Law of Wills. I went through it. It is quite exhaustive & well drafted. Tarun has come to Delhi for his periodic check. He rang up from Gurgaon. Retired to sleep at about 11pm.

On 17th:
Completed morning program. Had coffee at Barista. Spent the day at home. Retired to sleep at about midnight.

On 18th:
Completed morning program. Went to District center to have a cup of Coffee at Barista, but returned without taking it. Retired to sleep at about 11pm.

10th to 13th Sept.

On 10th :
Completed morning program. It being a closed day, went to Barista for a cup of coffee in the District Center, Janakpuri. Vikas rang up and wanted to meet. I told him that we could meet on Monday the 12th. Bitti has received a summons to depose in a chain snatching case which she had filed quite sometime back when her golden chain was snatched at the time of buying some vegetables just outside the gate of her house at Kanpur. On coming to know of the incident I had talked to SSP Kanpur. The Police officers came in big number as also the SSP and SP City and took FIR from her. Lot of media also came and she was shown on the TV. The incident was also flashed in the local newspapers. The Police recovered the snatched chain from one, Ramu, and now she has to go to the court to identify the chain. But she is sick and cannot go on 17th September. I have requested Sh.Digvijay Singh, Advocate, to please appear in the court on her behalf and file a petition for deputation of a court Commissioner for recording her statement. I also advised him to make a prayer to the court to allow his daughter, Bitto, to appear and identify the chain. Sh. Digvijay Singh promised to take action as suggested.
It was birthday of Sh.Pramod Barma. I wished him long and healthy life. Visited photo studio for preparation of photographs for the Coffee book which I am preparing with a 20 page travelogue of my visit to London from 13th June to 4th July 2011. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 11th :
On 11th completed morning program. Visited India Habitat center to attend a Seminar on Right to Information Act and Citizen's Charter. It was quite thought provoking. Sh. KTS Tulsi headed the session from 3.30pm. But I could not wait that long as I had some other work. Met Kaarthikeyan, Sagar, Caire, Tulsi & some others. Retired to sleep at 10.30pm.

On 12th :
Completed morning program. Visited PNB, CGHS and SBI. In chamber from 1.30pm-4pm. Costa coffee at the cafe. Retired to sleep at 10.30 pm.

On 13th :
Completed morning program, but could not go for walk as I had to leave for work early and it had become quite late. Visited CGHS, SBI. In chamber from 1.45pm to 4pm. Dagar rang up and wanted to meet to discuss a Hyderabad case. Costa coffee at the cafe. Retired to sleep at about 11pm.

9th Sept.

Completed morning program.Attended a workshop in the Hotel Imperial on Coputer Crime Incidents.A graphic picture of tracking an email to its origin was given.In chamber from 3 to 4.30 pm.Coffee at Costa cafe.Digvijay Singh rang up.Requested him to visit Kanpur to look into and take follow up action on summons to Bitti in the chain snatching case to identify the chain,recovered from the accused.Bitti's chain was snatched sometime back.Good wishes to Munna on his bithday. Retired to sleep at 10.45 pm

8th Sept.

Completed morning program.In chamber from 12.45 to 3.30 pm.Vishnuji came.Sh.Jitendra Sharma of ASSOCHAM invited to a workshop on 9th Sept.on Cpmputer crime incidents at Hotel The Imperial.Retired to sleep at about 10.45 pm.

7th Sept.

Completed morning program.Visited CGHS.In chamber from 1 to 3.30 pm.In an explosion at Delhi High Court,11 persons were killed and many injured.I got a ring from Silku,Munna,Vishnuji,elder sister{she was crying),Ruchi,Neha,Sangita,Anand Sahay, Dr.Prasad and Shanno inquiring about my safety.Venita got rings from Subba,Pilku and Babloo for the same.Pravesh also rang up.Retired to sleep at about 10.45 pm.

6th Sep.

Completed morning program.In chamber from 12.30 to 4 pm.Sent car to Venita to bring her from Gurgaon to Delhi.Took Costa coffee at cafe.Returned home by cab.Venita returned from Gurgaon at about 10 pm.Sh. Amar Singh was remanded to judicial custody in cash for vote case.Video call service & 3G service were activated in the Cell. Retired to sleep at about 11 pm.

2nd to 5th September

On 2nd:
Completed morning program. Visited CGHS for collection of medicines. Went to Max hospital for depositing sample for test. Had coffee at Costa Cafe. Spent a couple of hours in the chamber. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 3rd:
Completed morning program. Sanjeev Saxena's elder brother,2 of his brothers-in-law and nephew came to my residence as I did not go to the chamber, it being Saturday. I do not go to chamber on Saturday unless there is important work/conference. I prefer to stay at home and take rest. They discussed the bail of Sanjeev Saxena, hearing of which is coming up on 6th. Sh. Amar Singh and other accused persons who are not yet arrested have also been summoned by the court to appear on the day. I told them that our next step in the matter of Sanjeev's bail would depend upon the outcome of hearing on 6th September. Venita went to Gurgaon today to stay with Babua and Neha till 6th. Bablu will return from Helsinki on 7th. Babua is very fond of his Dadi. So is Dadi fond of him. Retired to sleep at 11pm.

On 4th:
Completed morning program. Visited Barista for coffee. Watched Slumdog Millionaire on TV for sometime. Director CBI requested to attend a meeting in his chamber along with the retired Directors of CBI on 5th at 6pm. Retired to sleep at 10.50 pm.

On 5th:
Completed morning program. Collected Venita's test reports from Max hospital. In chamber from 1.30-4pm. Had Costa coffee in the cafe. Visited CBI head quarters for the meeting.Retired to sleep at 11.35pm.